What the records say
- When
- Apr 1945 – May 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 0.00° N, 30.00° W
- Description
- 1945 battle
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Teardrop
1945 US Navy operation in the North Atlantic
Operation Teardrop was a United States Navy operation during World War II, conducted between April and May 1945, to sink German U-boats approaching the Eastern Seaboard, that were believed to be armed with V-1 flying bombs. Germany had threatened to attack New York with V-1 flying bombs and rocket U-boats. After the war, it was discovered that the submarines had not been carrying either.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “операция «Тирдроп» военно-морских сил США по уничтожению подводных лодок Германии у восточного побережья Америки”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page